Improvement in rein-holders



.E. FAHRNEY,

Rein-Holders.

Patented Oct. 7,1873.

INVENTOR,

WITNESSES;

UNITED STATES IPATIEILI'T OFFICE.

EZRA FAHRNEY, OF DEEP RIVER, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN RElN-HOLDERS Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo: 143,409, dated October 7, 1873; application filed March 1, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it kn own that I, EZRA FAHRNEY, of Deep Riven-in the county ofPoweshiek and State of Iowa, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Carriage-Line Holder; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawingsmaking a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon;

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a front view of myrein-holder. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail,and Fig. 4 shows it in position on a carriagedash.

My invention relates to an improved rein holder, to be attached to thedashboard or other convenient part of a vehicle; and it consists in acurved block to which is pivoted a springbar, so arranged as to hold thereins between the lower edge of the bar and the upper edge of the block.

In the drawing, A represents a block, the lower half of which isstraight and flat, and is perforated for the reception of a screw orbolt, so that it may be readily attached to the dashboard or otherconvenient part of a vehicle. The upper half is curved so as to formabout a quarter of an obtuse oval or ellipse, and is bounded by twosides, the edges of each of which form straight, or nearly straight,lines, meeting at a right angle, so that the upper half of said blocksomewhat resembles a box with two straight sides and a concave bottom,the

} outer curved surface forming a cam. B represents a bar, which is bentat two right angles so as to form three sides of a square. The first orlower side, If, is cylindrical in form, and is inserted in holes in thesides a a of the block A, so as to oscillate freely therein. The secondwhich is inserted in an opening in the shank 7 b and the other end bearsagainst the inner curved surface of the block A, so as to have atendency to keep the bar B in an upright position, said spring beingwound around the shank 12 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. At the upper end ofthe block A a lug, a projects laterally, so as to prevent the bar B frommoving too far forward; and at a point somewhat higher than the axis ofsaid bar B is another and similar lug, which prevents the bar frommoving too far down. These two lugs limit the travel of the jaw b to anarc of about fifty degrees.

When the bar B is in an upright position the space between the jaw b andthe face of the cam is just sufiicient to allow the jaw to play freelybut when pressed down to the lowest point'the space between the twosurfaces is amply sufiicient to admit the reins, which, when placedbetween the jaw and the face of the cam, are firmly held, as shown inFigs. 2 and 4.

hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the block A, having the cam-face and lug a with thebar B, having the shank b jaw b side b and spring 0, substantially asshown and described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

EZRA FAHRNEY.

Witnesses E. M. GoUoH, WM. GRUZH.

